NVYO March 8th concert: Meet Johannes Brahms!

German composer, conductor, and pianist Johannes Brahms is one of the most well-known composers of the Romantic period. Beginning piano lessons with his father at a young age, it was clear that he was a gifted pianist, and at the age of seven he began studying more seriously with a new teacher. At age 14, he played piano at inns to earn money for his family, while working on composition. Brahms career as a composer took off when in 1853 he met violinist Joseph Joachim who introduced him to Robert Schumann. An immediate friendship formed between the two, and led Schumann to praise Brahm’s compositions in a prominent periodical of the time. In his life, Brahms wrote many significant works, which according to some, put him in the ranks of Bach and Beethoven.